A fabulous Thai experience. (The Bangkok House (Oxford))

Member Name: becky92

Product:	The Bangkok House (Oxford)
Date:	10/01/09 (219 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Delicious food, very good service and a great atmosphere

Disadvantages: Not the cheapest of places.

The Bangkok House is a wonderful Thai restaurant in Oxford. It is very easy to get to, as it's about a five minute walk from the city centre.

It's a fairly expensive restaurant; it will cost somewhere around £20 a head including drinks, but it's worth it, as I can't fault anything about it. I've been many times over the years and it's always been consistently brilliant.

The menu is extensive, offering a range of delicious Thai food. Last time I ate there, we had one of four set menus, which included starters and a main course. The set menus are shared, the minimum number of people is two for most of the menus. The starter was a platter of mixed starters, including chicken satays, beef satays, spring rolls, prawn rolls, prawn toast, and fishcakes. Each set menu has a different selection of these starters. The main course was a variety of dishes, served with rice. These include sweet and sour pork, Thai red/green curry, sweet and sour prawns, and various chicken and beef dishes. Again, each menu has a different selection of these dishes. You can also have any of these dishes individually in the main menu.

The puddings are equally as fabulous. There is a large selection including bananas in hot coconut milk, sticky rice with mango, banana split, strawberry mouse, along with numerous others. When I've been, I've had the sticky rice with mango and the bananas in coconut milk. Both are delicious, and the nice thing about them is that they're small enough so you don't order them and then only eat half of them, as that often happens to me if they're too big, but they any little gap that may remain after the main course perfectly!

The food is absolutely wonderful. It comes quickly and is always piping hot. The flavours are strong and there is a variety of spicy and mild foods so there is something for everyone. There is always plenty, if anything too much food, so you certainly won't still be hungry at the end.

The service there is very good. We ordered very quickly and our first course arrived within 10 minutes. The staff were very friendly and attentive, but not constantly hovering over you, which I like.

The atmosphere of the whole place is fabulous, and it's all decorated beautifully. There is quite a busy road outside but I've never found that a problem.

Overall, a lovely restaurant, I think one of the best in oxford. I've never been disappointed by it.

Summary: You'll have a fantastic meal here.